Human Rights in the World Community: Issues and Action (Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights)

ISBN 10: 0812219481 / ISBN 13: 9780812219487

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Human Rights in the World Community: Issues and Action (Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights)
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0812219481
• ISBN 13: 9780812219487
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Specifically designed for educational use by international relations, law, and political and social science classes, Human Rights in the World Community treats the full range of human rights issues, including implementation problems and processes involving international, national, and nongovernmental action. This new edition reflects the global, large-scale change that has occurred in the field of human rights, and features an extensive bibliography and filmography.

About the Author

Richard Pierre Claude is Professor Emeritus of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is founding editor of Human Rights Quarterly and author of many books, including Science in the Service of Human Rights, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press. Burns H. Weston is Bessie Dutton Murray Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus and Senior Scholar, Center for Human Rights, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, and Vermont Law School Visiting Distinguished Professor of International Law and Policy.